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¶ For thys darre I saye, no eloquente wryter maye be perceiued as he shulde be, wythoute the knowledge of them: for asmuche as al togethers they belonge to Eloquucion, whyche is the thyrde and pryncipall parte of rhetorique.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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This Philip forseyng the discorde of Grece, as he by subtill meanes compassed his enterprices, promised by the faithe of a Prince, to be at league with the Athenians, if so be thei would betake to his handes, the eloquente Oratours of
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Achilles armour, Aiax gloriouslie aduaunceth hymself of his auncestrie, from many kinges descended, whom Ulisses his aduersarie aunswered: makyng a long and eloquente Ora - cion, before the noble péeres of Grece, concernyng Aiax his auncetours.
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Marcus Antonius was wonte to say, that he had knowen many wel spoken men, but none eloquente.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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But if God spare me lyfe, I truste hereafter to make it an introducciõ, wherbi our youth not onlye shall saue that moste precious Iewell, Time, whyle they wander by them selues, readynge at all aduentures sundry and varyous authors: but that also thei shalbe able better to vnderstande and iudge of the goodlye gyftes and ornamentes in mooste famous and eloquente oratoures.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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Demosthenes beyng eloquente and wise, foresawe the daungers and the mischie - uous intent of him, wherevpon he framed a goodly Oracion vpon a Fable, whereby he altered their counsaile, and repul - sed the enemie.
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The eloquence of Demosthenes, Isocra - tes, Tisias, Gorgias, Eschines, were a great bulwarke and staie to Athens and all Grece, Rome also by the like vertue of Eloquence, in famous and wise orators vpholded: the wise and eloquente Oracions of Tullie againste Catiline.
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A Dame more eloquente then all the reste, and of stomacke more hardie, be - gan in these woordes.
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And because we haue deuided eloquucion into two partes, that is, wordes symple, or considered by them selues, and compound or ioyned together in speache, accordyng to thys we saye, that euerye eloquente oracion must haue in it thre poyntes: euidence, which belongeth to the fyrst parte of eloquucion, composicion & dignitie, which belongeth to the other.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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Y una eloquente y persuasiva doctrina que informa á la humana, y christiana comunicacion entre nosotros mismos?
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